玩笑

Chinese

		curios; antiques; to play curios; antiques; to play; to amuse oneself	laugh; smile
trad. (玩笑)		玩	笑
simp. #(玩笑)		玩	笑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ siu³, wun⁶ siu³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): oán-siàu / oán-chhiàu / oán-chhiò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang² cio³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶woe-shiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánsiào
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: wán-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanshiaw
    • Palladius: ваньсяо (vanʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ siu³, wun⁶ siu³
    • Yale: wàahn siu, wuhn siu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ siu³, wun⁶ siu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ xiu³, wun⁶ xiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ siːu̯³³/, /wuːn²² siːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: uán-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnsiaux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chhiàu
    • Tâi-lô: uán-tshiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnchiaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chhiò
    • Tâi-lô: uán-tshiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafnchioix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguang² cio³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguáng tshiò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰio²¹³/

Note: nguang2 cio3 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶woe-shiau
    • MiniDict: woe^去 shiau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuoe-xiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuø²² ɕiɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

玩笑

1. joke (as speech or act, or figuratively)

Synonyms

• (in spoken form) 笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
• (Hokkien) 笑詼／笑诙 (chhìo-khoe, chhìo-khe)

Verb

玩笑

1. to joke; to jest

Synonyms

• 娛樂／娱乐 (yúlè)
• 嬉戲／嬉戏 (xīxì)
• 嬉遊／嬉游 (xīyóu)
• 玩
• 玩耍 (wánshuǎ)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 耍笑 (shuǎxiào)
• 遊尞／游尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 遊戲／游戏 (yóuxì)
• 遊玩／游玩 (yóuwán)

 

Derived terms

• 國際玩笑／国际玩笑 (guójì wánxiào)
• 開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
• 鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)